Not only does Rick Wilson have an amazing command of words and nuance…the ability to inspire do many others to join in this replies. This is the best end of day reading. Cheers! 🥂
I’m in Texas…. and this will still be hard….. BUT….. when you have a bunch of dictatorial Sunday School teachers running your state…. it gets tedious….keep us in your thoughts and prayers…. if only is every Texas Dems mantra.
Was it really a sincere question or just an opportunity to complain about an ad you didn't want to see? If you want my answer, it is just why I subscribed, not advocating why you should. Googling news is a hit and miss for me. So many articles which come up are behind yet another pay wall, so I can't see what I am interested in. On You Tube, there are so many click bait videos. You go in for one thing and you get a loud drone of repetitive clips which were news days ago. I would prefer one source for convenience and the value of my time. I have also heard the source is reliable which is equally important to convenience. Ads have become a fact of internet life which you can always skip over once you have identified them.
It was a dead-sincere question, Melinda; I am severely skeptical of AI as I think we all should be. But thank you very much for this response; you presented the first I've seen of a practical use for Ground News, as a central hub for people who don't like to do what I do, which is to scroll my YouTube recommendeds. I appreciate that, Melinda, because I do not at all want to think badly of Rick for this sponsor.
"Google it" was meant very loosely; I mean there are costless ways to sniff both the credibility and orientation of a news source that are pretty quick and convenient. The idea of needing an app I'd have to pay for to "determine" the "bias" of a news source just doesn't make any sense to me. How could you not tell?
I don't begrudge the endless need for new sources of revenue while gearing up for the Apocalypse and may we all be on the winning side. I will say, though, that in general, embedding ads in newsletter text is pretty cheesy in itself, but since I don't read other newsletters regularly, I don't know how common this is. Ads in podcasts or embedded in videos are no problem as you can skip past them.
Ground News, though is just a completely unnecessary product. It's not going to help change anyone's minds and even worse, it is literally impossible for an algorithm to determine objective truth. Worse than that, it's just another push to sublet your faculty of judgement to AI -- and that way ahead lies doom. Rick shouldn't be on that side.
Rick, I don't just enjoy, I savor your writing! 😊
I just hope you're right and that last minute desperation moves like disenfranchising women through the SAVE Act won't let them steal another one.
I so admire your command of the English language. It elevates the passion behind the truths you share.
Mr Wilson, you are a joy to read!
Not only does Rick Wilson have an amazing command of words and nuance…the ability to inspire do many others to join in this replies. This is the best end of day reading. Cheers! 🥂
In other news: Apparently Howard Lutnick needed his Howard nuts licked.
Meanwhile the UK government is about to collapse over Epstein. Heh.
Sorry for being such an AI Luddite, Rick. I still love you to death, you know that ;)
Rick doesn't miss. What an amazing article. This is the stuff, inject it directly into my blood :)
I’m in Texas…. and this will still be hard….. BUT….. when you have a bunch of dictatorial Sunday School teachers running your state…. it gets tedious….keep us in your thoughts and prayers…. if only is every Texas Dems mantra.
Great article. I love looking forward to a Rick Wilson article. Beautiful!!
Bravo, Rick, BRAVO! You never disappoint
Great prose !!
That was a nice discount on Ground News. Thanks, Rick.
Sincere question: Why would you need to pay for Ground News when you can just either google the source or look at its About tab?
Which, you know, costs nothing and takes about a minute and a half.
Was it really a sincere question or just an opportunity to complain about an ad you didn't want to see? If you want my answer, it is just why I subscribed, not advocating why you should. Googling news is a hit and miss for me. So many articles which come up are behind yet another pay wall, so I can't see what I am interested in. On You Tube, there are so many click bait videos. You go in for one thing and you get a loud drone of repetitive clips which were news days ago. I would prefer one source for convenience and the value of my time. I have also heard the source is reliable which is equally important to convenience. Ads have become a fact of internet life which you can always skip over once you have identified them.
It was a dead-sincere question, Melinda; I am severely skeptical of AI as I think we all should be. But thank you very much for this response; you presented the first I've seen of a practical use for Ground News, as a central hub for people who don't like to do what I do, which is to scroll my YouTube recommendeds. I appreciate that, Melinda, because I do not at all want to think badly of Rick for this sponsor.
"Google it" was meant very loosely; I mean there are costless ways to sniff both the credibility and orientation of a news source that are pretty quick and convenient. The idea of needing an app I'd have to pay for to "determine" the "bias" of a news source just doesn't make any sense to me. How could you not tell?
Bob, I am scratching my bead about this ground news intrusion, too.
I don't begrudge the endless need for new sources of revenue while gearing up for the Apocalypse and may we all be on the winning side. I will say, though, that in general, embedding ads in newsletter text is pretty cheesy in itself, but since I don't read other newsletters regularly, I don't know how common this is. Ads in podcasts or embedded in videos are no problem as you can skip past them.
Ground News, though is just a completely unnecessary product. It's not going to help change anyone's minds and even worse, it is literally impossible for an algorithm to determine objective truth. Worse than that, it's just another push to sublet your faculty of judgement to AI -- and that way ahead lies doom. Rick shouldn't be on that side.
Real talk!
Chordates. LOL.
Good read. Thank you